Climate change and pollution have been widely discussed and argued about as two of the most important issues in today’s world, Karina Holden’s film BLUE looks at these issues from the point of view of the ocean.
In the film, we meet a variety of people fighting to protect the oceans protection in their own way. During the course of the movie, we’re alerted to various problems and shown we can do to help, from picking up plastic on the beach, to campaigning to stop illegal shark fishing.
The film really doesn’t hold back on the gruesome details. You see the brutal shark fishing culture in Indonesia, and sad images of dead sea creatures suspended in abandoned nets.
More of an informative call to arms than a documentary, BLUE is very effective in making you think, and want to act on the problems presented. There are several moments that had Blue’s opening night at the Sydney Film Festival audience gasping. The amount of plastic one researcher finds in a baby seabird’s stomach is something you have to see to full appreciate.
I think it’s a really fantastic documentary that will definitely make you want to do something to save the oceans.
Bill Blake
BLUE screened at the Sydney Film Festival.
